About The Salt Lake City Stars

NBA G League action is taking Salt Lake City by storm with the Salt Lake City Stars, the developmental affiliate of the Utah Jazz. The Stars name is a tribute to two historic pro basketball teams, who previously represented the Beehive State: the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association and the Utah Starzz of the WNBA. The Stars play in the Southwest Division of the NBA G League, against their division rivals the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Austin Spurs and the Texas Legends. 

The Salt Lake City Stars play out of the 5,000-seat Lifetime Activities Center-Bruin Arena in Taylorsville, Utah, on the Taylorsville Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College. The Stars also play select games at the Vivint Smart Home Arena, home of their parent club, the Utah Jazz. Austrian-born head coach Martin Schiller had a long and successful career as an assistant in both Austria and Germany, before joining the Stars in 2017.

Prior to moving to Salt Lake in 2016, the Stars had two decades of success in the Continental Basketball Association and the NBA D League as the Idaho Stampede. The Stampede transferred from the CBA to the NBA D League in 2006, and completed their move to Utah after the Jazz purchased the franchise in 2015. The Stampede won three conference titles: in 2003 while with the CBA, and in 2007 and 2008 as part of the D League, winning the D League Championship in 2007. Future Utah Utes men’s basketball head coach Larry Krystkowiak ended his playing career and began his head coaching career with the Stampede, and such notable players as Spud Webb, Rafer Alston, Allen Crabbe, 2003-04 CBA MVP Josh Davis, 2004-05 CBA MVP Sam Clancy and 2006-07 D League MVP Randy Livingston played for the Stampede. Follow all the action online and on Twitter @slcstars.